James A. Emanuel Moment Poems
- 1. Poet As Fisherman [french] (poète Et Pêcheur)
À la pêche aux mots
pour dire ce que je pêche,
ça mord presque, parfois.
... - 2. Françoise And The Fruit Farmer
In town to sell his fruit, he saw her-
Françoise in her summer slacks-
turning to him, coming back
to feel the swelling plums,
... - 3. False Notions, Fears, And Other Things Of Wood
Repeatedly, that sturdy stump in me
bears up like stone,
beneath some ritual I see:
the blinding axe
...
